# Automatically add a relevant alt image attribute

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-a-relevant-alt-image-attribute/259430>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 26, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-a-relevant-alt-image-attribute/259430 "2023-03-26T01:36:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-a-relevant-alt-image-attribute/259430/3 "2023-03-26T13:44:19Z")

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Alt text is very useful for those using screenreaders - including people who are blind or partially sighted. But ideally it is text which describes what is being shown. It’s an accessibility issue. (I can’t think of a simple way to do that annotation - one of the image-oriented software services might do it.)

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